V.2 (called Merchant) IX.2 II. II. II. II. V.1 V.1 V.1 7.1 IV. 2 IV.2 IV. 2 IV. 2 III. 1 III. III. III. III. III. VII. 3 (imp.) (4 (imp.) new Plowman VII. 2 VIII. 2. IX. 2 (imp.) The Oxford MSS. are a disappointing lot. Mr. Richard Morris pointed out to me the Corpus one as the oldest and best (as it certainly is), though very imperfect. The Barlow 20, which another friend thought the best, turns out to be so carelessly written in many places-having letters left out, and such readings as cracchyng of "chekenys" (chickens) for the scratching of "cheeks" by the mourners for Arcite's death-that after three tries at collation in different places, I gave it up in disgust. The best MS. in the Bodleian I consider to be Arch. Seld. B. 14, part in careless writing, the careful in a hand like the best of the British Museum Sloane MSS. (1685), if my memory serve me rightly. This Arch. Seld. B. 14 may perhaps go into the second class of "Canterbury Tales" MSS. All the other Oxford ones I should put in the third and fourth classes, or lower, if lower ones are made. The Ashmole MS. 45 is a late paper one, and contains only the Cook's Tale and Gamelyn (with the Erle of Tolous, &c.) The two MS. copies of John Lane's dull continuation of the Squire's Tale contain copies of Chaucer's part of the tale: the date is 1630. The Hatton, Rawlinson, Holkham, Christ Church, and Trinity MSS. are the ones that play most tricks the order of the Tales in Table; and again the set of MSS. that misplace the Squire (V. 1), Merchant (IV. 2), and Group VIII. (Second Nun and Canon's Yeoman), is by far the largest. F. FURNIVALL. 3, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C., August 6, 1868. P.S.-The MS. which Sir Morton Peto now holds for a time with Chipstead Place, he has kindly allowed me to examine. It proves to be the Haistwell MS. marked by Tyrwhitt H A, and lent to him " by Edward Haistwell, Esq." An extract from a sale catalogue pasted in the MS. leads one to the conclusion that the MS. was sold by auction after Mr. Haistwell's death, and then probably bought by Mr. Perkins, the father of the present owner of Chipstead Place (near Sevenoaks), which father formed the family library, and made the MSS. and books heirlooms. The order of the Tales in this MS. is, as Tyrwhitt notes, the one which he settled as the right order, and which I have followed in these Tables. The MS. has not the tale of Gamelyn, but a copy of it on vellum, from MS. Laud K. 50, has been inserted between the two leaves of the Cook's Tale. The MS. has lost its last leaf, containing part of Chaucer's Retractation, and is of rather late datesay 1440-50-going into the third (or perhaps second) class of MSS. of the Tales. *** Corrections for Table I.:-Add Gamelyn in I. of Harl. 1758, Royal 18 C II. and Lansdowne 851; and dele" (no Prol.)" in Harl. 7333 I. ILLUSTRATIONS OF BISHOP PERCY'S "Shall never a man take my matter [or hatter] in hond Till I bee able to auenge my-selfe in Lond." Eger and Grime, i. 370, 1. 497. Is it not possible that "hatter" is the right word after all? In the Promptorium Parvulorum the word "hatyr" or "hetere is given as an equivalent to "rent clothes" [and is the Anglo-Saxon hæter, clothing, apparel (Bosworth), in no way connected with the next word-F.]; but in the charming little poem, "How the goode wif thought hir doughter," 1.23, the phrase occurs, "Mekely hym answere and noght to haterlynge," where the word plainly means "worrying"; and in Bedfordshire at the present day, "hattering " is used for "harassing," "tiring." The people talk of a "hattering life." Might not then the original hatter of the MS. mean " "care," "trouble," or " worry"? W. F. ROSE. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. -The following letter affords so amusing a picture of a boy-philosopher, and is so characteristic of its author, that it seems worthy of publication. It was written by Sir James Mackintosh in his sixteenth year, when residing with his grandmother at Clune, on Mackintosh, was abroad with his regiment, and a of Loch Ness. His Captain relative in Inverness (to whom the letter is addressed) took charge of the boy, and superintended the management of the small paternal estate which Sir James was afterwards obliged to sell. "Clune, 18th Sepr. 1781. "Dear Sir.-Tho' I have not ventured to express my sentiments to you on anything of consequence that regards myself, yet the condescension with which you have treated my correspondence hitherto encourages me to hope that you will not be offended at my proposing some observations which have occurr'd to me with respect to the economy of my education next winter at Aberdeen. I am induced to this the more readily by the reflection that the facts which I intend to urge are of such a nature that they cannot be known to any person but those who have experienced them. You doubtless remember, as I do with great contrition, the share which I had in the disturbance among the students. When the Professors at that time express'd their opinion in their public sentence of the motives which actuated me, they did it with such remarkable bitterness as sufficiently indicated that the impressions which they had received were not the most favorable. If this were a place to enquire how they came to form so extraordinary an opinion of one instance rather of thoughtless than of deliberate criminality, per haps it might be shown that it was entirely owing to a misconception of the nature of the case in general, and the circumstances that gave rise to this mistake might with equal ease be pointed out. But, at any rate, whe * The reading of the Lambeth and Trinity MSS. is, "And not as an attirling." See Babees Book, E.E.T.S. p. 38. ther just or unjust, it is submitted whether it may not prove consequentially prejudicial to be under the tuition of persons who entertain such sentiments, and whether it may not be of more advantage to me to change to the other college, where the effects which a proper behaviour on my part might have on the minds of the Professors are not clogged by so disagreeable a circumstance, where the teachers are at least upon a footing, and where the conveniency and cheapness of boarding are obviously and considerably greater, to all which it may be added that there are several students who are in the same predicament as me, who have this design. These facts I have presumed to state, not in support of any opinion of mine, but merely for your information. Meantime I wait with patience for your directions, which will meet the most implicit deference and obedience on this as well as on ev'ry other subject, from one who is happy to subscribe himself, dear Sir, Your most grateful hue servt, "JAS. M'INTOSH." The "Massillon hits right and left; whoever were the smaller victims, and whether they could or would resent the chastisement, he spared not the chief, but still he rebuked him as a chief, and as an erring divinity. The Almighty had condescended and the course of the world had been changed, armies had retraced their steps and hostile States had recovered their old borders, in order to administer a salutary check to the ambition, the worldliness, and even the erring thoughts of one man. sinner rose in dignity at every step of the reproof; and when that reproof is extended to all around, it is at least a great Court that appears, the functionaries are respected even in their crimes, and the noble ladies, whatever is imputed or suspected, are at least worthy of the wellturned rebuke. In its fiercest extreme, the invective, if pointed, is still complimentary; and the object of it might delight to read the discourse to others, adding, like the victim of Demosthenes' most famous barangue, Oh, had you but heard the monster deliver the speech!"" I have looked into what are supposed to be the best authorities for this story, and I do not find that Æschines called Demosthenes a "monster" on that occasion. Cicero says: "Quo mihi etiam melius illud ab Æschine dictum videri solet, qui cum propter ignominiam judicii cessisset Athenis et se Rhodum contulisset, rogatus a Rhodiis, legisse fertur orationem illam egregiam, quam in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat, qua perlecta petitum est ab eo postridie, ut legeret illam etiam quæ cum suavissima et maxima voce legisset, admirantibus omnibus, Quanto,' inquit, 'magis admiramini, si audissetis ipsum."-De Oratore, 1. iii. c. 56, ed. Geneva, 1743, t. i. p. 313. erat contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita; Quinctilian: criten studuit, ut, admirantibus ejus orationem Rhodiis, "Ideoque ipse tam diligenter apud Andronicum hyponon immerito Æschines dixisse videtur, Quid si ipsum audivisses."-Instit. Orat. 1. xi. c. 3. Pliny: "Mirantibus, tum magis fuisse miratores dixit, si ipsum orantem audivissent; in calamitate testis ingens factus inimici."-Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 30, ed. Paris, 1771, t. iii. p. 124. Philostratus: Τοῦ δὲ ἠθικοῦ καὶ ̔Ροδίοις καλλιστὴν ἐπίδειξιν ἐποιή σατο. ἀναγνοὺς γάρ ποτε δημοσίᾳ τὸν κατὰ Κτησιφῶν τος, οἱ μὲν ἐθαύμαζον ὅπως ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ λόγῳ ἡττήθη, καὶ καθήπτοντο τῶν ̓Αθηναίων ὡς παρανομούντων. ὁ δὲ, Οὐκ ἄν, ἔφη, ἐθαυμάζετε, εἰ Δημοσθένους λέγοντος πρὸς ταῦτα ἠκούσατε· οὐ μόνον ἐς ἔπαινον ἐχθροῦ καθιστάμενος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς δικαστὰς ἀφιεὶς αἰτίας. De Vitis Sophistarum, i. 19, (p. 510, ed. Lips. 1709). Plutarch, De Vitis Septem Oratorum, c. vi., is to the same effect. No doubt there are other versions, but does any warrant the word "monster"? Greek orators, when opposed to each other, cared little for good manners, and, I believe, not much for truth; but on this occasion Æschines, having read the speech in his best style, seems to have paid a generous tribute to the greatness of his adversary. Garrick Club. FITZHOPKINS. SIR EDWARD HOWARD, K.B., LORD HOWARD OF ESCRICK. - In the catalogue of "Yorkshire Worthies," whose portraits are now being exhibited in the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds, No. 3057 is described as "HOWARD, LORD, K.B. Married the heiress of Lord Knevit of Escrick. Created Baron Howard of Escrick, 1628. Acquired an infamous immortality by his betrayal of the patriots Lord Russell and Algernon Sidney. D. 1675." "(Contributed by) SIR REGINALD H. GRAHAM, Bart." Now, if this portrait represents the first Lord Howard of Escrick, who was so created in 1628, and who died in 1675, it is clearly not that of the Lord Howard who bore testimony at the trials of Russell and Sidney in 1683. The Lord Howard of that day was his younger son William, who succeeded his brother Thomas as the third Lord Howard of Escrick in 1678, and died in 1694. The error is more note-worthy, because it has evidently been derived from Sir B. Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, in which, at p. 288, it is said of Edward, first Lord Howard of Escrick: "This nobleman acquired an infamous immortality by his betrayal of the celebrated patriots, Lord Russell and Algernon Sidney." But all the Peerages agree that he died in 1675. J. G. N. THACKERAY'S "BATTLE OF LIMERICK."-There is a very comprehensive, and in the main a very meritorious, selection of English poems published at New York under the title of The Household Book of English Poetry, and edited by Mr. C. A. Dana-I presume the Under-secretary of the War Department. In the eleventh edition (it is not in the third, which is the only other I have seen), Thackeray's "Battle of Limerick" is reprinted with the trifling alteration I am about to set forth. This humorous effusion, as most people are aware, was prompted by a riot which took place in Limerick on occasion of a public entertainment given to the chiefs of the Young Ireland partySmith O'Brien, John Mitchel, and Meagher "of the sword." The behaviour of Meagher "of the sword" is thus adverted to: "Cut down the bloody horde!' This conduct would disgrace any blackamore.' Was to cut his own stick from the Shannon shore." "Tommy," however, subsequently took up his abode in the United States, where he became a general of volunteers; and Mr. Dana, preferring his reputation to Thackeray's, coolly alters the obnoxious stanza as follows: But millions were arrayed, Rethrayting undismayed from the Shannon shore." I think this emendation is sufficiently remarkable to be embalmed in "N. & Q." R. GARNETT. THE "ANCRE" HOTEL AT OUCHY, SWITZERLAND. This ancient hostelrie, where Byron used to resort, and where he wrote "The Prisoner of Chillon," is undergoing a complete restoration, or rather destruction. When it was the abode of Byron, and in later times of Shelley and Eugène Sue, it was held by the Rouget family; but it has lately passed into other hands. The rooms that Byron always occupied were carefully kept in their original state by the Rougets, and the late M. Louis Rouget used to have a pride in pointing out where Byron was in the habit of writing, and also in telling of mountain and lake adventures when he, a mere boy, used to be the poet's domestic. Byron's rooms have been all swept away, and even a cut inscription made by Byron himself on the stone window-sill has been erased by the chisel of the mason. Shelley occupied the same suite of rooms, he always refusing other apartments; they were also the choice of Eugène Sue. The exterior as well as the interior of the Ancre has been changed. The house is no longer a Swiss chateau, but a flashy-looking modern hotel. The new proprietor was cautioned against destroying the Byron and Shelley rooms, and told how thousands of pilgrims from all countries had visited the Ancre expressly to see them. It was of no avail; he had never heard of the gentlemen, and he should do as his architect advised! The Guide-books state that "Byron wrote The Prisoner of Chillon' at the Anchor, and that his rooms are carefully preserved." They may now state that the old Ancre and Byron's rooms no longer exist. S. JACKSON. "DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL: PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ARCHITECTS, ENGRAVERS, AND ORNAMENTISTS." I have been for several years occupied in collecting materials for this work, and the MSS. are ready to put into the printer's hands. My researches have reached all the ordinary sources of information on the subject of art and artists, and in many out-of-the-way places I have picked up valuable facts, and have also received some useful help from my friends. But much more might be done; much more gleaned from a nearly-forgotten past with the assistance of "N. & Q.": and I would willingly revise my laborious work if I could be spared from time to time a corner to consult its readers. The chief facts I am anxious to supply are the correct Christian names (so necessary for identification); the exact places and dates of birth and death; the parentage and pupillage, with any matters essentially lly identi his art, or any hints where information not ordinarily accessible may be found. identified with the artist and To begin with the beginning, I should be grateful for any help in respect to ALKEN, S.-An aqua-tint engraver, whose works were popular at the commencement of the present century, and who carried the art to great perfection. ALLEN, ANDREW.-Portrait-painter. He practised with some repute in Edinburgh about 1730. ALLEN, J., of Manchester and later of Birmingham.Had a local reputation as a portrait-painter, and was an occasional exhibitor in London from 1802 to 1820. He also produced some genre subjects. ALLEN, THOMAS. - Marine-painter. Several of his works about the middle of the last century are engraved by Canot. ANDERSON, WILLIAM. - Born in Scotland. A shipwright. Practised in London. Painted river-scenes, calms, shipping, and boats. He died some time early in ANNESLEY, MRS.-A clever amateur, who about 1820 exhibited some good subject pictures at the British Institution. ARNOLD, SAMUEL JAMES.-Painted some of the early panoramas with much skill. ARTAUD, WILLIAM. - Gained the gold medal of the Royal Academy for a painting from Paradise Lost in 1786, and was an exhibitor of portraits, with occasionally history, from that year up to 1822. The vigorously painted characteristic portrait of Dr. Kippis, now exhibited without the artist's name at the South Kensington Museum, is by his hand. ASHBY, H.-Portrait-painter. In 1794 and up to 1821 he exhibited portraits, with some genre pictures, at the Academy, and in the latter year was living at Mitcham. ASHFORD, WILLIAM.-Landscape-painter. Practised at Dublin, where his works were much esteemed; but in the latter part of his life he had retired from practice. In 1821 he was chosen President of the Royal Hibernian Academy, which was then incorporated, and died about 1830 near Dublin. ATKINSON, JOHN AUGUSTUS. A clever draftsman and painter, who passed many years of his life in Russia, and published several works in illustration of the victories, customs, and costume of the Russians. He was living in 1829. ATTWOLD, R.-A draftsman and engraver of the middle of the last century, of whom no particulars appear to be known, and whose work has been attributed to Hogarth. AUSTIN, PAUL. - Engraved landscape, after several masters. Practised in London about 1765-80. SAM. REDGRAVE. 17, Hyde Park Gate, Kensington, W. [Those of our correspondents who can supply the information required by MR. REDGRAVE will be kind enough to address their replies to that gentleman. -ED.] BIBLIOTHECA NORTHANTONENSIS. - Can any of the readers of "N. & Q." refer me to a copy in any public or private library, or furnish me with further particulars, of the exceedingly rare and curious poetical broadside as quoted below: - "An answer to a Papisticall Byll cast in the streetes of Northampton and brought before the Judges at the last Syses, 1570. Imprinted at London by John Awdely, 1570." According to Ritson it was written by T. Knell, jun., who was perhaps no other than the celebrated comic actor contemporary with Tarlton, The entry in the "Registers of the Stationers' Company" is as follows: "1570. Rd of John awdelay, for his lycense for pryntinge of a ballett, an answere to a papest byll in Northampton iiijd." A copy was sold in Heber's Library, Part IV., No. 385. JOHN TAYLOR. Northampton. DR. GEORGE BRIGHT, DEAN OF ST. ASAPH, 1689-1696. I am preparing to print for private circulation "Dixon Notes; or, Authentic particulars of the several Families of Dixon who have borne a chief ermine, and are presumed to have derived from a common ancestor." In furtherance of this object I will be obliged if any reader of "N. & Q." will kindly point out the immediate lineage of Dean Bright, whose daughter and granddaughter were respectively the wife of the Rev. Samuel Wright and Mr. John Dixon, both of the parisk parish of Leeds, co. York. Dean Bright was probably related to the Rev. John Bright, M.A., Vicar of Sheffield (uncle to Sir John Bright of Badsworth, Bart.), whose daughter Ruth was the second wife of Mr. Thomas Dixon, mayor of Leeds in 1671 and 1693, but I have failed to find out the family connection. Seaton-Carew, co. Durham. R. W. DIXON, CREATURE, A BAPTISMAL NAME.-Dearn, in his Weald of Kent, says that in the registers of Staplehurst parish occur entries of the baptisms of infants before birth by the appellations of Creatures. He adds that it is probable that this name was changed either at or before confirmation, although there is an instance in 1578 of a woman being married by her baptismal name of Creature. Was the Christian or first name of Creature generally bestowed upon the baptism of an unborn child? EDWARD J. WOOD. DROGHEDA PARISH REGISTER. - One of the registers of St. Peter's parish, Drogheda, in the diocese of Armagh, has been for some years past, and is at present, in the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle. It contains many entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials, from 1747 to 1772, and though safe, is certainly not (as the law stands) in the right depository. May I ask why it has not been claimed by, and restored to, its lawful custodian, the vicar of St. Peter's? I am interested in the matter as a member of a family connected with Drogheda for several generations. Авива. SIR PATRICK DRUMMOND. - I am desirous to obtain any particulars of Sir Patrick Drummond, who was "Conservator in Holland" about the year 1645, as stated in the Autobiography of Lady Halkett. And what was the nature of the post which is designated as "Conservator in Holland"? J. G. N. FRANCIS I.-I purchased in London, many years ago, a curious French print representing Le Roi Chevalier with the attributes of some of the heathen deities enumerated in the following verses: "Francoys en guerre est vn Mars furieux, En paix Minerve & Diane à la chasse, A bien parler Mercure copieux, A bien aymer vray Amour plein de grâce. |